Ceratocorys
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2026-09-04: itis_id 183909 via WoRMS external link
Ceratocorys is a genus of photosynthetic free-living marine dinoflagellates first described in 1883 by Friedrich Stein. Currently consisting of 12 species, this genus is typically found at the water surface in tropical and subtropical ocean regions, and has both low nutrient requirements and salinity sensitivity.W CalCOFI holds 3 observations of it in 1 dataset between 1996 and 2022, across 2 taxa under it.R
- 3
- observations
- 818
- records
- 409
- sampling events
- 1996–2022
- years
- 1
- datasets
- 1
- species under it
Observed in 1 dataseti
One row per dataset, and beside it one cell per year, darker with more observations — the same
strip the front door draws per dataset. Each row ends with the name that dataset uses
(dataset_taxon); the accepted name is written once, in the title above. A quiet
pill marks a name the authority does not accept.
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One row per dataset, and beside it one cell per year, darker with more observations — the same strip the front door draws per dataset. Each row ends with the name that dataset uses (dataset_taxon); the accepted name is written once, in the title above. A quiet pill marks a name the authority does not accept.
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name used: Ceratocorys dinoflagellate, thecate · code
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Ways inExplorerdb-queryERDDAPRPythonThis page as JSON
Code and endpoints ERDDAP · R · Python · JSON
library(calcofi4r) con <- cc_get_db() # the promoted release tbl(con, "obs_bio") |> filter(taxon_key == "worms:109507")
import calcofi4py as cc
con = cc.cc_get_db()
con.sql("SELECT * FROM obs_bio WHERE taxon_key = 'worms:109507'").df()Read from taxa.json of release v2026.10.19, written at release by calcofi4db::build_taxa_catalog(). The catalog's index is /species/.
How big is it not on record
Not on record: no authority the fetcher reads carries a length for this taxon (a genus page could show the range of its species).
Under it 1 taxon
- sp Ceratocorys armata409
Lineage 10 ranks · Chromista to Ceratocoryaceae
Credits silhouette · photo · text
- Silhouette · Guillaume Dera · CC0 1.0 · PhyloPic, drawn from Ceratium hirundinella · source
- Photo · Soupremacy · CC BY-SA 4.0 · inat · source
- Text · Wikipedia, “Ceratocorys” · CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1368793342
Elsewhere Wikidata · GBIF
Cite the release, v2026.10.19
Cite the release, v2026.10.19; each dataset's own citation, licence and DOI are on its page. How to cite ↗